东亚语言与文化系提供日语博士学位课程。该系仅允许学生进入博士学位课程。通常，希望进入研究生课程的学生应已完成与该部门本科专业相当的本科课程。没有东亚语言和文化（或日语）或类似领域的文学士或文学硕士学位的学生可以考虑入学。如果被录取，通常会要求这些学生弥补其课程工作中的不足。这可能导致标准时间延长到一定程度（七年）。该系仅允许学生进入博士学位课程。您必须表明博士学位是您申请材料的学位目标。在伯克利开始学习之前尚未完成文学硕士学位的学生，必须先完成文学硕士的要求，然后才能继续攻读博士学位。在完成文学硕士要求（
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers a PhD program in Japanese Language. The department only admits students into the PhD program.<br><br>As a rule, students wishing to enter the graduate program should have completed an undergraduate program comparable to the undergraduate major in this department. Students who do not have BA or MA degrees in East Asian Languages and Cultures (or Japanese) or in similar fields can be considered for admission. If admitted, these students are often required to make up deficiencies in their course work. This can result in a lengthening of the normative time to degree (seven years).<br><br>The department only admits students into the PhD program. You must indicate that a PhD is your degree goal on the application materials. Students who have not completed an MA degree before beginning study at Berkeley will have to complete the requirements for the MA before proceeding to the PhD program. After completion of the MA requirements (coursework and thesis), students are evaluated for permission to proceed to the PhD portion of the program. Students who have completed an MA degree before beginning study at Berkeley may apply for admission directly to the PhD program. After one year in the PhD program, such students will be evaluated before being permitted to continue in the program.